She was later transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she was listed in fair condition as of Tuesday. (Click here for details on the fundraising effort to support Gordon and her family.)

Police in Rangeley, Maine responded to a rollover car crash on Route 4, at the bottom of Dodge Pond Hill, on Sunday, June 1 at 6:06 p.m.

Gordon was in the passenger seat, not wearing a seatbelt, at the time of the crash, according to police. She, along with the driver and the three teenagers in the back, attended Northeast Metropolitan Technical High School in Wakefield.

A 17-year-old girl from Saugus, who was the driver of the 2006 Mazda 3 involved in the collision, is charged with driving to endanger. She is summonsed to Farmington District Court for an arraignment on Aug. 26.

Rangeley police said a group of students from the school had rented a house in the area after their prom.

A Melrose resident, Courtney Delgado, 18, is charged with furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol and is summonsed to Farmington District Court on Aug. 26.

Police are still investigating whether alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.

Rangeley fire and rescue, members of the U.S. Border Patrol, Maine Warden Service and Franklin Country Sheriff’s Office also responded to the scene.

The crash

Police said that during the night of the crash, two groups of teens left the house they’d rented to go to the store.

On their way back, occupants in the Mazda 3 noticed their friends driving back to the house in a white Honda Civic. The Saugus teen decided to try and catch up with the group and pass them on the highway.

To do so, she crossed over the double yellow line on Route 4, into the southbound lane and increased her speed to about 90 mph. The posted speed limit is 50 mph.

“They were trying to catch them as they were coming down Dodge Hill,” Rangeley Police Chief Dennis Leahy told the Free Press. “Them being unaware of the curve, they didn’t know it would be such a hard curve.”

Rangeley Sgt. Jared Austin added that another vehicle was driving in the southbound lane at the same time as the Saugus teen.

“They saw her lose control,” he said. “She was seconds from hitting another vehicle head on.”

The Mazda then flipped over and landed in an embankment on the side of the road.

“By the time the vehicle has stopped moving, it’s changed directions,” Austin explained. “It flipped over and ended up on its driver’s side. There were several hundred feet of skid marks.”

Once emergency personnel arrived and removed the Saugus driver from the car — she was later taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital and then released — they noticed Gordon.

“Janessa flew all the way across the vehicle and ended up in between the driver and the driver’s side door,” Austin said. “They pulled the driver out and then they see her, laying down unconscious and unresponsive on the driver’s side door.”

Gordon was taken to the town of Phillips in Maine where LifeFlight flew her to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Given her injuries, she remained in the intensive care unit for several days before being transferred to Mass. General last week.

Police said at least two of the backseat passengers were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. The three students in the back of the car were an 18-year-old Saugus boy, an 18-year-old Revere girl and an 18-year-old Wakefield girl.

The teen from Revere, who was not wearing her seatbelt, was ejected from the car. She was taken to the Franklin Memorial Hospital and released hours later.

First responders determined the Mazda 3 was totaled and had it towed from the scene.

Leahy said although there are accidents on that section of Route 4, they usually involve people who are not familiar with the town.

“Normally, the people from here know it’s a big curve and they slow way down,” he said.

A party cut short

About two hours after the crash, police arrived at the house the teenagers rented.

They discovered about 20 or so students. One, an 18-year-old Reading boy, was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital for a possible drug overdose.

Police said the boy admitted to consuming marijuana brownies, although the nature of his medical condition was not available.

“The medics who came said he should go to the hospital,” Leahy said. “So, that’s why he was taken to the hospital.”

Although police did not order anyone to leave the premises (because the house was legally rented), they did charge the Melrose resident for providing a place for minors to consume alcohol.